Batteries Included: 0 Binding: Electronics Brand: Toshiba EAN: 0022265411889 Feature: Up-converting DVD recorder with integrated DVR and 250 GB hard drive Is Autographed: 0 Is Memorabilia: 0 Label: Toshiba Manufacturer: Toshiba Model: RD-XS54 Publisher: Toshiba Studio: Toshiba Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features
Up-converting DVD recorder with integrated DVR and 250 GB hard drive Holds 57 hours at best quality, 445 hours at lowest; TV Guide On Screen program guide Records to DVD-R/RW and DVD-RAM; plays CD-R/RW, VCD, SVCD, MP3, WMA Connections: Composite (3 in, 3 out), S-Video (3 in, 3 out), component (1 out), HDMI (1 out), Firewire (1 in), RF (1 in, 1 out), optical digital audio (1 out) Network NAVI system connects to your home network via Ethernet port
Reliability. Performance. Technology. Leadership. The Toshiba name means all this and more. Toshiba builds upon this heritage by delivering the industry's most innovative, high-quality solutions.PRODUCT FEATURES:High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) brings Home Theater to the next level by streaming multi-channel digital audio and digital video information together on one cable to digital televisions and monitors;Toshiba's Multi-Drive Recorders allows users to record and playback their favorite videos in stunning MPEG-2 digital video on DVD-RAM, DVD-R, or DVD-RW formatted discs;Video Up-conversion displays a pure digital signal at both 720p or 1080i, matching the resolution of the HDTV monitor and thus eliminates signal degrading A/D-D/A conversion;Preset bit rates and audio settings for 11 different recording options plus one user adjustable setting, including selections for LPCM audio recording;High-Speed Dubbing from HDD with DVD-RAM and DVD-R (16x Drive);Toshiba's Network NAVI system provides connection and control within a home network for: advanced editing, streaming content to a PC, e-mail timer and recordings and more;TV Guide On Screen IPG allows users to schedule programs to record using the easy to use TV Guide functionality;Time Slip Recording/Playback offers the user the ability to begin watching a recording that is already in progress, or 'pause' a live recording and then return to it later using DVD-RAM media or the Hard Disc Drive.
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating: Summary: Very Efficient Comment: this is my second Toshiba RD-XS. Once I learned how to use the various options, it has become a joy to use. Editing is easy, HD to DVD is simple, and the quality is excellent. While this unit is no longer in stock, I am looking for additional ones because of the storage involved. A number of nice inputs and outputs.
Customer Rating: Summary: great DVR Comment: I bought this over a year ago and it has proved to be one of the best purchases ever. Customer Rating: Summary: There May be Better Comment: First - Toshiba has stopped making this model. Anything you buy now is left over stock.
I have had mine for a year. I like it but am not happy. I am connected
to Comcast cable. They do not pass the TV Guide data thru their digital
Motorola box. The TV guide on the Toshiba is usless to me because I
can't get the data from the digital box.
Once in a while it locks up. You have to unplug it and plug it back in to get it back to working again. As I understand you can call Toshiba and complain about the lockup and they will mail you disk with a firmware upgrade that MIGHT fix the problem. 1-800-319-6684 I called and got mine sent yesterday. If you go to the setup menu and select the last option on the top right of the menu (has an icon of keys) look down at the bottom of this list and there is a software revision number. If its 1100 or above the firmware upgrade is of no use to you.
Customer Rating: Summary: Sounds terrific, doesn't work that way. Comment: I hate this machine with a deep and abiding passion. Has been back and forth to the factory authorized service center three times now and still doesn't do what it's supposed to.
Being a bit of a techno-geek, I thought I could figure it out with no problem. Right!!!! Set everything up using the instructions and then turned it off and let it set for 24 Hours so the TV Guide system could program itself. 24 hours later, it had identified about 20 channels, most of which I do not get, missed three local channels and loaded about 4 hours worth of schedule. Tried again. Same result. Called Customer Service, who walked me through exactly what I had already done the previous two times. 24 hours later, same exact "setup" as before. More phone calls. Same results. Sent to service center. They couldn't find anything wrong with it and sent it back. And so forth and so on. The hard drive has "corrupted" itself on an almost weekly basis. I just moved it into a spare bedroom and hooked it up to a TV to function as a very, very, very expensive DVD player.
If the damn things weren't so expensive, I would start buying them and giving them as gifts to people I really, really don't like. Customer Rating: Summary: Ok... so you can hear the fan Comment: The fan is noticable, but the benefits of this machine far outway the slight noise you'll hear in the still quiet. 250 GB hard drive lets you record regularly on several programs and not have to worry about deleting right away. Free TV Guide downloaded within hours and I don't have to pay for TIVO monthly service. Plus... my girlfriend and I have countless hours of camcorder footage that we wanted to edit onto a DVD. The onscreen editing feature allows you to record the segments you want to the hard drive and then transfer easily to the DVD. It's everything I ever wanted in a DVR. I highly recommend it.
